Stepper motor cover? Where to find....

[mlabruyere]

There was a guy selling covers for NEMA 23 type steppers. It was a plastic cap with a built in 4 pin plug. Anyone know where these are or where I can find them?

[stangtjk]

I think he was selling them on ebay about a month ago, not sure if he still is.

[Huzzah]

Are these the covers you are thiknking of?

http://www.dyengineering.com/NEMA23.html

[mlabruyere]

Originally Posted by Huzzah Are these the covers you are thiknking of? http://www.dyengineering.com/NEMA23.html

YES!!!! Thank you!

[Pplug]

Doesn't this type of cover hold in the heat? I think it would effect performance in the long run from prolonged heat build up.

[mlabruyere]

Originally Posted by Pplug Doesn't this type of cover hold in the heat? I think it would effect performance in the long run from prolonged heat build up.

No, it's a rear cap only. You still have the sides of the motor for heat disipation not to mention the face which is bolted against a large aluminum motor mount/heat sink.

[mlabruyere]

Man......only me Z-Axis is 57mm.....the other 3 are 60mm.....frack.

Nothing like have NEMA23 standard and not following it.....

I emailed Dan to see when he'll have his 60MM version for sale.

[Huzzah]

Let me know what he says, my motors are 60mm too.

[mlabruyere]

Here is what I heard back

Daniel "The production line is being moved and I hope in something like two weeks we should have a new stock of the 2.25" covers. After that is finished we will start working on the 60mm and it will take another month or so till they will be available."

So it looks like in about 6 weeks we'll have the 60mm covers available!

[Huzzah]

Maybe by then I'll have my machine built and will be ready for them!

Thanks for the info.

[yosefi83]

Hi Guys,

The 60mm ones were finished some time ago now and there are still some available if anybody is interested.

Regards,
Dan

[DonFrambach]

Just got to say that I think this is a fantastic product. I have two on my machine and they work well. No problems with motor heating. Now that I'm using a Gecko 540 with appropriately placed resisters, the stepper motors are only slightly warm. Probably less that 80 degrees F. Highly recommended! Only a user, no affiliation with DYEngineering whatsoever.